It is a “dive” of the first order. Dirty, a couple of pool tables, bartenders who didn’t come from the last Maxim cover shoot, bathrooms that require vaccinations, and the BEST rhythm and blues in Atlanta.

Allright, you are right in my wheelhouse with this post, Senator. Don’t know if you have had the pleasure of watching any of the American Folk Blues Festival videos, but they are probably my favorite works of visual and musical art ever. I am attaching my favorite excerpt from the performances, but you really just need to buy the full DVD set if you want the full experience.

Here’s Big Mama Thornton and a very young Buddy Guy performing “Hound Dog” and a couple of other tracks (watching Buddy come out of his skin playing “Outta Sight” gives me chills). I’ll follow up with a Full video (if youtube permits), with Howlin’ Wolf’s performance and others.